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WASHINGTON – Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD), issued the following statement in opposition to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority’s (WMATA) plans to fully automate trains without a human operator:  “As the nation’s largest transportation labor federation, representing 38 unions and thousands of transit operators…

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WASHINGTON – Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD), issued the following statement after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction preventing the Department of Labor (DOL) from shutting down the Job Corps program: “The court’s decision to grant a preliminary injunction is welcome news as it prevents any…

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WASHINGTON — Today, the AFL-CIO and 29 national labor organizations called on senators to remove a dangerous provision from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that would ban states from passing or enforcing laws protecting workers from the threats artificial intelligence (AI) poses to their rights, jobs and safety. In a new letter, the AFL-CIO…

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WASHINGTON – Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD), issued the following statement after a federal judge extended a Temporary Restraining Order preventing the Department of Labor (DOL) from closing Job Corps centers: “We are pleased that the temporary restraining order has been extended, which continues to…

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WASHINGTON — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD), issued the following statement commending the 199 Members of Congress who expressed their support for the Job Corps program in a letter to the Department of Labor (DOL): “We commend the bipartisan coalition of 199 House Members who…

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WASHINGTON– Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD), issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a Temporary Restraining Order preventing the Department of Labor (DOL) from closing Job Corps centers: “Today’s court decision protects the thousands of…

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WASHINGTON — Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, President and Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD), issued the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) announcement that operations of the Job Corps program will be paused by June 30, 2025: “As America’s largest transportation labor federation, we strongly urge the Trump…

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